User blog comment:Bluestripe the Wild/Riddle of the Lost Blade/@comment-3124101-20120228010454/@comment-1298206-20120318185027

Wylan quickly turns and faces Lastra and Rahy "We've got to get outta here!"

''The feral cat guard sees Wylan's mother telling her son and the others to flee. He cracks his whip and lashes out at her. Wylan hears his mother cry out. He turns and waits for the whip to come down again before striking. The whip is barely in reach. He grabs it and pulls it in his direction. A few otter slaves shove the feral cat guard in Wylan's direction. The guard is pressed against the tall, barred gate of the slave pen. Wylan slips the whip around his neck and strangles the guard''

After the guard's lifeless body hits the ground with a thud, Wylan is shocked at what he had just done "I killed him..."

One of the otters finds a key on the dead feral cat's belt "Here are the keys!" He slips them through a gap in the gate to Rahy